200A 250A 350A NACS EV DC Charging Couplers

200A 250A NACS EV DC Charging Couplers

Electric vehicle (EV) DC charging couplers that use the North American Charging Standard (NACS) are now available to all electric vehicle manufacturers from MIDA.

MIDA NACS charging cables designed for DC charging applications up to 350A. The NACS specification relevant to the EV market segment is met by these EV charging cables.

About the North American Charging Standard (NACS)
MIDA Tesla NACS is the Tesla-developed specification for charging connectors. Tesla made the NACS standard available for all EV manufacturers to use in November 2023. In June 2023, SAE announced that it was standardizing NACS as SAE J3400.

Tesla patents new liquid-cooled charging connector
When introducing its new V3 Supercharger, Tesla fixed this issue for the cable with a new “significantly lighter, more flexible, and more efficient” liquid-cooled cable than their previous air-cooled cable found on the V2 Superchargers.

Now it looks like Tesla also made the connector liquid-cooled.

The automaker describes the design in a new patent application called ‘Liquid-Cooled Charging Connector’,“The charging connector includes a first electrical socket and a second electrical socket. A first sleeve and a second sleeve are provided, such that the first sleeve is concentrically coupled to the first electrical socket and the second sleeve is concentrically coupled to the second electrical socket. A manifold assembly is adapted to enclose the first and second electrical sockets and the first and second sleeves, such that the first and second sleeves and the manifold assembly create a hollow interior space there between. An inlet conduit and an outlet conduit within the manifold assembly such that inlet conduit, the interior space, and the outlet conduit together create a fluid flow path.”

esla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) has been in the news a lot recently. The automaker’s charging system has suddenly become the golden standard in the United States and has been adopted by brands like Rivian, Ford, General Motors, Volvo, and Polestar. Additionally, it’s been adopted by charging networks like ChargePoint and Electrify America, as they have also announced that their respective charging stations will add support for Tesla’s NACS port. The move for automakers and charging networks beyond Tesla to adopt the electric automaker’s system all but ensures that it will be adopted over the Combined Charging System (CCS).

Hearing about everything going on with NACS and CCS can be confusing, especially if you’re just starting to research an electric vehicle to purchase. Here’s what you need to know about NACS and CCS and what’s happening with the automotive industry adopting NACS as the new golden standard.

Putting it simply, NACS and CCS are charging systems for electric vehicles. When an EV charges using the CCS, it has a CCS charging port and requires a CCS cable to charge. It’s similar to a gasoline and a diesel nozzle at a gas station. If you’ve ever tried to put diesel into your gas-powered car, the diesel nozzle is wider than a gas nozzle and won’t fit into your gas car’s filler neck. Additionally, gas stations label diesel nozzles differently than gas ones so that drivers don’t accidentally put the wrong fuel into their vehicle. CCS, NACS, and CHAdeMO all have different plugs, connectors, and cables and they only work with vehicles that have the matching charging port.

As of right now, only Teslas can charge using Tesla’s NACS system. That’s one of the major benefits of a Tesla and the automaker’s NACS system – having a Tesla gives owners the ability to use the automaker’s extensive network of chargers. That exclusivity is going to end soon, though.